Establishment of mands following tact training as a function of reinforcer strength

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-24

  Wallace, Michele D ^a,d   Iwata, Brian A ^b   Hanley, Gregory P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Mand; Preference; Tact; Verbal behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REINFORCEMENT; TEACHING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TEACHING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33746872228     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2006.119-04     Document Type: Article

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